The Metropolitan Free Hospital In London Founded In 1836 And Based For Most Of Its Existence In Kingsland Road, Hackney Editorial Image

The hospital was founded by Jonathan Fry, a son of Elizabeth Fry, to provide medical treatment for the destitute, in 1836. Its mission was ‘to grant immediate relief to the sick poor of every nation and class whatever may be their diseases, on presenting themselves to the charity without letter of recommendation; such letters being always procured with difficulty and often after dangerous delay.